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Alien: Covenant
So, it has been revealed that one of the characters in this sequel to Prometheus is Ripley's mother and this is how they are going to tie all the films together in the lead up to the 1979 Alien. I'm not sure about this. Are they going to make it into a long story of how Ripley's mother battled the Aliens and when the Company couldn't get hold of them through her they decided to use her daughter to maybe do it, as she just happened to follow her mother's career path. Hmmm.
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I enjoyed Resurrection and in retrospect the third has grown on me, I found myself put off by so many British actors on screen after Cameron's epic but the overall design and ending was superb.
why can't he do Thelma & Louise II, The Flying Car?
He isn't...ignore the prequels if you like, still doesn't spoil Alien in anyway.
hehe...:D
While I agree that Alien won't be spoiled, I have to admit to being disappointed with the explanation for the Space Jockey.
The scene in Alien where they enter the chamber and pan out to reveal the Space Jockey in his chair was pretty awe inspiring to my younger self. I feel this scene is ever so slightly diminished by Prometheus. Sometimes things are just better left unexplained.
I found Prometheus to be a genuinely atrocious film. I disliked almost everything about it.
The initial premise is tidy enough, I guess, and it looked pretty sleek. But the increasingly pathetic plot; the annoying characters; their absurd behaviour; the often terrible acting; the embarrassing "twists" in the story; the complete lack of any suspense or fear; and the utterly risible Guy Pearce in old man make-up spectacle, all combine to make it a total dud.
It is a shining example of style over substance.
And I wouldn't be surprised to see them do exactly the same again with the sequel.
Apparently Pearce filmed scenes without the make up which were later cut.
He did a bit of viral marketing for the film too - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQpGwnN3dfc
It's listed as announced still on IMDB, but after Prometheus and where Scott is saying he wants to take the franchise, sounds like BS. I'd be more interested in Ripley & Hicks...
i completely agree. for me i think it was the fact that i always knew it was gonna be part of a trilogy, so i never expected all the answers in one movie so i just took it for what it was. it was a set up movie, which raised more questions than it answered but i enjoyed it just fine anyway.
No ta, there are enough reboots these days. Prefer it when things take place in the same universe.
https://twitter.com/20thcenturyfox/status/801561857475493888
Its slightly exasperating that Ripley has to be used as a 'link'. I would like to see a continuation of the Prometheus story, which I think we're kind of getting.
i'm aware quite a lot was cut from the final film too, a lot which does explain things and smooth out some of the rough edges.
i'm hoping covenant will be great.
alien and aliens are pretty much perfect films and i watch alien 3 quite regularly (the longer cut).
resurrection isn't great, IMHO, the comedy is misplaced.
A reboot is easier; it's a new universe, that doesn't need to worry about altering existing lore. I'm not suggesting they completely rewrite the xenomorph's, only that they tell the story from a fresh, and unique perspective.